The annual robbery rate in the city of Rio de Janeiro has stabilized since 2020, after it more than doubled from roughly 850 robberies per 100,000 inhabitants in 2012 to almost 1,900 in 2017. The sharpest decline in the robbery rate occurred between 2019 and 2020 when it fell from 1,500 to below 1,000 thefts, reflecting a decrease of approximately 38 percent. In 2024, the annual robbery rate was 973 thefts per 100,000 inhabitants, however this still equates to almost one percent of the population being robbed each year.
Annual robbery rate in the city of Rio de Janeiro from 2010 to 2024
(robberies per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data after 2023 were calculated using population estimates from the Instituto de Segurança Pública for 2023 and the IBGE for 2024. The data on the number of robberies can be consulted here.Â
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